September: premiere at the Kabukiza of the Kiyomoto-based dance "Sumidagawa", a N˘ adapted for Kabuki by Yamazaki Shik˘ with a musical accompaniment made by Kiyomoto Umekichi II and inspired by Russian ballets seen by Ichikawa Ennosuke II during his European study tour.
Ennosuke played the role of the wandering woman Hanjo-no-Mae, desesparately looking for her abducted son Umewakamaru along the Sumida River [casting].

November: premiere at the Hong˘za of Kimura Tomiko's dance "K˘ya Monogurui" (a N˘ drama adapted for Kabuki), which mixed Nagauta and Gidayű musical accompaniments.
The leading role of K˘shi no Shir˘ was played by Ichikawa Ennosuke II.

September: premiere at the Kabukiza of Kimura Tomiko's Tokiwazu-based dance "Koma", with a choreography and a musical accompaniment made by Hanayagi Jusuke II and Tokiwazu Mojibei III.
The leading role was played by Ichikawa Ennosuke II.

1929 (Sh˘wa 4)

June: revival at the Kabukiza of the dance "Gannin B˘zu", which was premiered in the 3rd lunar month of 1811 by Band˘ Mitsugor˘ III.
It was staged under the title "Ukare B˘zu".
The role of the bonze look-alike beggar was played by the star Onoe Kikugor˘ VI,
who used a different musical accompaniment, written by Kiyomoto Enjudayű V.

April: premiere at the T˘ky˘ Gekij˘ of Kimura Tomiko's Tokiwazu-based dance "Hanami Yakko", with a choreography and a musical accompaniment made by Hanayagi Jusuke II and Tokiwazu Mojibei III.
The leading role of the yakko was played by Ichikawa Ennosuke II.

November: premiere at the T˘ky˘ Gekij˘ of Kimura Tomiko's dance-drama "Kurozuka" [casting]. The musical accompaniment was written by
Kineya Sakichi IV and the choreography was made by Hanayanagi Jusuke II.

10 March (00:08 AM): 344 US Army B29 bombers dropped 2,000 tons of bombs on T˘ky˘, killing
more than 120,000 people and destroying almost everything.

Night from the 13th to the 14th of March: 301 US Army B29 bombers launch a devastating air raid on the city of ďsaka;
the Nakaza, the Kadoza, the Naniwaza,
the Bentenza and the Asahiza were reduced to ashes.

13 March: the actor Nakamura Kaisha (1875~1945) was killed during the bombing of ďsaka.

July: premiere at the T˘h˘ Takarazuka Gekij˘ of Uno Nobuo's drama "M˘moku Monogatari",
which starred Nakamura Kanzabur˘ XVII (T˘kichir˘/Hideyoshi, Yaichi), Nakamura Utaemon VI (Oichi-no-Kata),
Hasegawa Kazuo (Shibata Katsuie) and Nakamura Senjaku II (Ochacha/Yodogimi).
This drama was part of the first T˘h˘ Kabuki postwar performance. The T˘h˘ Takarazuka Gekij˘ was taken over by the American occupation forces in 1945,
becoming the Ernie Pyle Theater. It was forbiden to Japanese for 10 years and was finally given back to the T˘h˘ company in 1955,
which renamed it with its original name.

June ~ July: first Kabuki tour in the USA, in New York at the City Center (2~22 June), in Los Angeles at the Greek Theatre (27 June~10 July)
and in San Francisco at the War Memorial Opera House (12~16 July) [casting].

October: first Kabuki tour in Western Europe, in West Berlin at the Der Freien VolksbŘhne (2~8 october), in Paris at the ThÚÔtre de l'OdÚon (15~24 october)
and in Lisbonne at the Teatro SŃo Luis (29~31 october) [casting].

July ~ August: special Kabuki tour in the USA,
which celebrated the shűmei of Ichikawa Danjűr˘ XII;
38 performances in New York (Metropolitan Opera House, 8~20 July), Washington (Kennedy Center, 23 July~4 August) and Los Angeles (UCLA Royce Hall, 7~11 August).
This was the first time in Kabuki history that a shűmei was staged abroad [more details].